Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The navy was the guarantee that Great Britain 's interests elsewhere could be looked after and gave her enormous strategical advantages outside Europe . |
| 2 | The contract itself recognises usages as well as rules and it seems more likely to me that the rules may , in some cases at any rate , have developed out of and given partial expression to usages rather than that they should indicate the absence of usages beyond what is contained in the rule . " |
| 3 | This provokes awareness of and gives practice in those features of language which provide links within sentences or across sentence boundaries : the glue that makes them stick together . |
| 4 | ‘ Then you must also realize that for me to do what the Brigadier suggests would be a betrayal of everything my father stood for and gave his life for . ’ |
| 5 | We decided to buy twenty letter box stickers which I am to send for and give you the cheque to this end . |
| 6 | It looked dismal enough when I saw it , as if given right over to darkness . |
| 7 | As we drew near he took a step forward shining his lantern with its green light above his head as if to give the driver the ‘ All Clear ’ . |
| 8 | The lathes were serviced with a light oil film , draped in it as if to give them an overcoat protection that would ensure their survival against age and wear . |
| 9 | A girl in an apple-green school tunic advanced on me , her hand raised as if to give me a slap . |
| 10 | At this moment , as if to give substance to the Collector 's fears , the Magistrate and two planters came running back along the outside of the Residency wall from the direction of the hospital . |
| 11 | Without warning she reached her hand sideways and took mine and pressed it , as if to give me courage ; and perhaps to make me identify her with the original , gentle Lily . |
| 12 | He paused for a moment as if to give his next words emphasis . |
| 13 | He spat on his hands as if to give himself courage , then settled on the wall on his hands and knees . |
| 14 | She looked across at him as if giving him a final appraisal and checking for further clues in his face , in his clothes . |
| 15 | He repeated the word as if giving it due consideration . |
| 16 | ‘ I think it must be your eyes , ’ he said at last , running his own gaze up and down as if giving intimate consideration to every other feature of her body . |
| 17 | She drained her glass and swept her arm upwards , palm extended as if giving me a gift . |
| 18 | Not close , out a ways , as if giving themselves room to move around in . |
| 19 | When I got outside I found Mum in the yard , waving her arms about and giving directions to the neighbours whom she was organising for the party . |
| 20 | For example , some simple organic solvents such as and give very strong Raman spectra , whereas water gives only very weak scattering , but for each solvent the various allowed bands have similar intensities . |
| 21 | Resolution 45/63 expressed concern at Israel 's continuing nuclear build-up and urged all states " not to co-operate with or give assistance to Israel that could enhance its nuclear weapons capability " . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've called up the PR firm we normally liaise with and given them the name of the hotel you 're booked into . |
| 23 | For example , reacts with and to give the hexachlorometallate salts and it undergoes metathesis reaction with LiBr , Nal , and . |
| 24 | These doctors tend to look upon the PHCNs as people they could consult with and give a cold shoulder to the rest of the nurses . |
| 25 | The teachers would prescribe the topics to be dealt with and give some account of what the class had done previously . |
| 26 | In that giving she found completion and happiness beyond all expectation . |
| 27 | These explanations — ones which recognize and respect the meanings that teachers take from and give to their work — are concerned , in turn , with the effects of subject-based pedagogies , subject commitment and subject fragmentation . |
| 28 | The day came when the doctors called all the family in and gave her a life sentence . |
| 29 | Marie comes back in and gives me a smile . |
| 30 | I know the opposition is n't up to much but lets hope he bangs a few goals in and gives Sgt Wilko something to think about . |